[erlang-questions] strange behaviour of gen_tcp:connect

[Bengt Kleberg]

Greetings,

It is likely that deep down inside the Erlang VM the gen_tcp:connect is
performed by the C library call connect. This C call is blocking and can
return a timeout error.
What do you get if you directly (in a C program) call connect with the
arguments you have given to gen_tcp:connect?


bengt

On Tue, 2009-04-07 at 11:13 +0200, Gamoto wrote:
> I an windows server 2003. I don't understand why gen_tcp:connect returns ALWAYS an error.
> "connect" should be blocking, the port is free, I didn't precise a timeout.  I also tried with "localhost".
> Another strange effect: error returned is "econnrefused" or, when another emacs is opened with erlang code inside, the returned error is "timeout" !!!
> Is it "normal" with Erlang ?
> 
> John
> 
> start()->
>     case gen_tcp:connect("127.0.0.1",1688,[binary, {packet, 0}]) of
>         {ok,Socket}->	
> 	    io:format("Socket established~n"),
> 	    loop(Socket);
> 	{error,Reason}->
> 	    io:format("Error on connect: ~s~n",[Reason])
>     end.
> 
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